Photo contest finalists
My Labrador Tucker picks up a leaf in the yard. Welcome autumn!
Sarah Elsner of Itasca
I took this picture a couple of weeks ago in my back yard. It was on a foggy morning when the sun popped through and lit up the web.
Jeff Voss of Lombard
A girl swims the 100-yard breaststroke during a swim meet by Palatine High School in Arlinghton Heights Olympic pool.
Wes Dorszewski of Arlington Heights
Here's a picture of a hummingbird getting nectar from some salvia flowers on my deck in Wauconda on a fine September day.
Dick Reilly of Wauconda
A touch of autumn is starting to show itself in Schaumburg as the leaves on a Virginia creeper vine start to change. The low sun in the sky toward evening gives them a glow.
Evelyn O'Kelly of Schaumburg
Charlie Troop FRG Leader Becky Krause is reunited with her husband, Steven Krause at the Charlie Troop 2nd Squadron 106th Cavalry IL Army National Guard Homecoming.
Olivia Giachino of St Charles
After dropping a flour canister while baking zucchini bread, the shattered remains formed a spooky flour face.
Julie Bond of Libertyville
A photo of the BAPS Temple taken this past Sunday morning in the early morning fog.
Chuck Bennorth of St. Charles
The Fisgard lighthouse located at the entrance to Esquimalt Harbor North of Victoria British Columbia.
Alan Goetzelmann of Wheeling
This picture was taken at Beaver Dam, WI. It was an end of summer family weekend.
Tony Zaputil of West Chicago
I was driving from Sycamore to Bartlett a couple weeks ago and passed this farm. I didn't have time to stop. I went back last Sunday just before sundown. Something about the light and the subtle colors in the wood really caught my eye.
Tom Nicol of Geneva